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Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester's $300K Bribery Trial Starts Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester's $300K Bribery Trial Starts
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester's $300K Bribery Trial Starts The trial of Northern Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is facing federal corruption charges that claim he allegedly threatened state employees began Monday with jury selection. Prosecutors claim that at “on at least three occasions, between 2011 and 2016, while employed as the Executive Deputy Secretary to the Governor, and on at least two occasions during his employment by the Cuomo Campaign, Percoco threatened at least four New York State employees who were considering leaving their current jobs or state service entirely, by claiming …

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